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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAR122012_04B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The AAO accepts judging service, rejects or treats as abandoned the other claimed criteria, and concludes the total record does not establish sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing.
Source reviewed: This page summarizes the specific AAO source and posture recorded in the completed source-review tracker. It does not turn a nonprecedent decision into a general rule.
Scope classification from review: The source identifies an AAO decision concerning an EB-1A Form I-140 appeal or associated motion and discusses the classification merits.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAR122012_04B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | March 12, 2012 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 petition for classification as an alien of extraordinary ability under INA § 203(b)(1)(A) (EB-1A). |
Procedural posture | Appeal of EB-1A denial; appeal dismissed after final-merits review. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | After considering the evidence in the aggregate, the AAO finds the petitioner did not establish sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO accepts judging service, rejects or treats as abandoned the other claimed criteria, and concludes the total record does not establish sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing.
Criterion-by-criterion status in this source
These labels reproduce the source-review record. “Not considered,” “not reached,” and “not coded” do not mean the criterion failed. A Director finding recited as background is not an AAO holding unless the decision says so.
Criterion | Source-review status |
|---|---|
Awards | abandoned — p. 5 |
Membership | |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | met — p. 8 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — p. 4 |
Artistic display or showcases | |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — p. 13 |
Commercial success in the performing arts |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner is a Chinese opera performer/educator whose petition concerns performance, teaching, and opera-related work.; evidence_pages: 2; 3
claim: The AAO finds awards abandoned, membership, publication, original contributions, display, leading role, high salary and commercial success insufficient; it accepts judging.; evidence_pages: 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14
claim: The AAO reaches final merits and finds the aggregate record insufficient for acclaim.; evidence_pages: 13; 14; 15
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible with caveats
Page-level source trail
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How to use this record
This is a historical, nonprecedent AAO decision about its own administrative record. It is not a prediction, success rate, or current filing instruction. Compare the issue and procedural stage before drawing an analogy. The current framework is in the USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 6, Part F, Chapter 2.
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